Rio Vista Condors Technology - Computer Science: 2022-10-09

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Rio Vista Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 10/17 - 20/2022

Good Day all,

Here are the plans for the week.

The Guest Teacher has your information.

Start off each day with your morning routine. Then get started on Project STEM for the rest of the period.

You can help each other but there is a difference between helping & socializing. Behave as if I were here with you.

You can reach me by email if needed.

Make it a great week for you and your classmates.

Some reminders:

Project STEM Login Screen Link

Project STEM Class Code for Periods 2 & 3 - ae32aa

Project STEM Class Code for Periods 5, 6, & 7 - 4387cc

Thursday, October 20 - Picture Day

Thursday, October 20 - Orionid Meteor Shower - look up after when it gets dark. More info in What's Up in October in the Space Out Friday section.

Mr. G

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Period 2 & 3

Monday - Project Stem CS 2 Lesson 0.1

Post your AI Ideas here

Tuesday - Project Stem CS 2 Lesson 0.2 - Activity C. You will need your own piece of paper to play

against the Intelligent Paper.

Wednesday - Project Stem CS 2 Lesson 0.3 - You will need to do this activity on your Chrome Book so you can use your camera. Make sure to "allow" your camera. Give yourself some room to move and try not to hurt anyone or yourself! Have fun!

Thursday - Project Stem CS 2 Lesson 0.4 - Enjoy the games! Don't give up:)

Friday - Project Stem CS 2 Lesson 0.5 - Scratch AI

Extra Stuff to do if you are done:

View Info in Space Out Friday

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Period 5

Everyday - Question of the Day - answer the question of the day on your Google Doc.

Friday's Question - What is your favorite TV show or movie?

Project STEM Class Code for Periods 5, 6, & 7 - 4387cc

Monday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.1

Question - What do you like about Middle School? What do you not like about MS?

Tuesday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.2 - We'll do the cup stacking activity together next week.

Question - Free day because Mr. G forgot to put a question:)

Wednesday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.3 - Growth mindset. Don't give up when it gets difficult!

Question - Write about a time when you felt afraid.

Thursday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.4 - Work in pairs, your choice. One is a driver & the other is the navigator. Choose and do your job to reach the goal.

Question - What is your favorite place in the world? Why do you like it so much?

Friday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.5 - Starting in Scratch!

Question - Describe a memory you have with an animal. Why was this moment special for you?

Extra Stuff to do if you are done:

View Info in Space Out Friday

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Period 6 & 7

Project STEM Class Code for Periods 5, 6, & 7 - 4387cc

Monday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.1

Tuesday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.2 - We'll do the cup stacking activity together next week.

Wednesday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.3 - Growth mindset. Don't give up when it gets difficult!

Thursday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.4 - Work in pairs, your choice. One is a driver & the other is the navigator. Choose and do your job to reach the goal.

Friday - Project Stem CS 1 Lesson 0.5 - Starting in Scratch!

Extra Stuff to do if you are done:

View Info in Space Out Friday

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Space Out Friday

Meteor Shower This Month!

LUCY - Satellite will fly by on 10/16

The Space X Launch We Did Not Get to See

Cool Image of the Week

Dr. Jose Hernandez - Astronaut on STS 182

Sunday, October 9, 2022

Rio Vista Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 10/10 - 14/2022

Good Day all,

Here are the plans for the week.

Homeroom Survey - Please click here

Period 2 & 3

Monday - Project Debrief

Get into your laptop teams & get your device
What questions do you have regarding how laptops/computers work?
What suggestions do you have about this project?

Tuesday - Presentations - Captivating your audience

What was a strong point in your presentation?
How could your presentation have been more interesting?
In your opinion, what makes an interesting presentation?
Resources

Wednesday - Be a GOAT in Slides

On your own, bring up your Laptop Group slideshow.

adding slides
animations
fonts
background images
adding music to a slidedeck

Thursday - Building Your Student Portfolio

Let's start by opening typing in slides.google.com in your omnibar or

Friday - Working on your Student Portfolio

Extra Stuff to do if you are done:

Coding is the way a computer knows how to do something. Play the coding game linked below. Look to learn how to give the bot instructions to reach it's goal. This game can also be played in VR or AR.

Bot is Sus?

Learning AI - Artificial Intelligence is being used every day in many of the products we use like search engines, streaming music, & map location software like Google Maps or Waze.
Learn how to teach AI instead of programming. Try the program below & have fun!

AI for Oceans

Robotics - try making this Mars Rover Simulation complete its task. This is very similar to what you will be programming.

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Period 5

Monday - Friday - Writing a Summary of a Video

Watch these videos - The Global Waste Problem & Recycling for Kids
Discuss - What are the videos about?

What parts did you find interesting?
What did you not understand?

Look at the picture below
On your paper, begin writing to describe the picture

Key vocabulary -

reduce - use or do less of something
reuse - use it again
recycle - make it into something else
sort - put different things in different places where they need to be.

Describe a Picture Rubric

Post your Dance Project!

Play this Recycling Game

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Period 6 & 7

Project Identification Wrap-up

We will be wrapping up our project this week. Get your designs finished and checked by Mr. G. You can help by checking on the print on the bed to see how they are becoming real. Just don't touch the print bed.

Monday -

When your print is checked off by Mr. G, here are a couple of things you can do.

Everyone can do this: Post a screenshot of your design on the Project ID Padlet. Click on the image below to get there.